WARNING: NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH! Before I start this story, I want it to be known that NO PIGS WERE HURT IN THIS STORY BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY DEAD TO BEGIN WITH. This story took place back during one of my years in high school. For this year we were given a choice of electives that we could take. One of the options we could take was a forensics science class. Given that the class was basically about solving crimes, myself and the rest of the guys took it.
At a certain point we were learning about how different injuries or wounds, impact the human body. In order for us to understand this, our teacher ordered a bunch of dead pigs that we would dissect. Apparently a pigs body is the closest thing to a humans. Our first assignment was to see how various cuts and stab wounds effected the body. For this part we used a scalpel to see how cuts would impact the body depending on how deep it went. We also tested out how stab wounds would affect the body using one of those metal rods you use for shish kabobs.
Out next task was to cut the pigs open and see how their organs were affected. After the skin was cut open, we had to use tooth picks to hold the flaps skin out of our way. We than started cutting out the individual organs and examined them. This included things such as the lungs, heart, and stomach. Basically the teacher wanted all of the insides taken out of the body so that just bones and skin were left on it.
At one point the funniest thing happened, though most people would find it disgusting. While we were working, my old friend Tom noticed Dave fiddling with a tooth pick in in his mouth. After a second of staring Tom piped up. "Uh Dave" Tom said "you know that tooth pick was just inside the pig right?" The most sickening and disgusted look came across Dave's face as he dropped the toothpick out of his mouth. This story will be continued in the next post.
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